U.S. Marine Corp

Platoon Commander

Third Battalion, 9th Division and First Marine Division

Operation Desert Storm

1986-1992




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Patrick McKowen was born on December 30, 1961.
He was born in a small town just outside of
Lancaster in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania



Patrick McKowen served in the
First Gulf War. This is referred to as
Operation Desert Storm.

This picture was taken at the Library of Congress.
Patrick McKowen served in this war. He was a
platoon commander.




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This picture is of Okinawa, Japan.
Mr. McKowen served here.

This is where Mr. McKowen served
for the Operation desert storm. The
plan was to keep Iraq from invading
Saudi Arabia.

This is the emblem from Officer's Candidate
School. Mr. McKowen attended Officer's
Candidate School to become an officer
because he wanted to be in the infantry.






Full transcript of Mr. McKowen's interview.


We would like to thank Mr. Bickel and Mrs. DelCollo for putting so much time, work and effort into planning the Veterans History Project for us, planning our trip to Washington D.C. and finally having our multimedia projects presented at this year's art show. We would also like to thank all involved in this such as Mrs. Noll and Mrs. Weddle. But, we would most like to thank Mr. McKowen for providing us with information on what it was like to be a veteran of the First Gulf War. Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Andrew Weisbrodt

Ben Moyer